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Gary Gygax's Final Wish: Castle Zagyg and King of France #shorts

Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 23h

@lukegygax.bsky.social shares with us his father's last wishes for the legacy of his monumental work in D&D #dnd #gygax youtube.com/shorts/blN_g...

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 2d

There's a nearly 10-minute ad from Apple running on YouTube going into punishing, repetitive detail on the new iPhones. Notably, in all that, they never mention AI features #apple #advertising #ai

Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 2d

Puppet Improv: The Were-Unicorn #puppet #improv #werewolf #unicorn youtu.be/U9VMR-ilxLA?...

Pig and Uni Were Unicorn

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 6d

@rasalvatore.bsky.social corrects the record: He will NOT be retiring after his newest book, thank goodness! #dnd #books youtube.com/shorts/Tpepf...

R.A. Salvatore Retirement? What He Really Said #shorts

Improv with puppets: flour or flower?

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 7d

Satirists should really hammer on the Nobel Prize thing, because as far as I can tell it's the only (int'l) thing he maniacally cares about that seems absolutely outside his control.

Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 8d

We're off to buy some flour (?) #puppet #improv youtu.be/GdE_oQcYIrs?...

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 9d

This feels like something a hopped-up Foucault would say?

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Keith Ammann @ Gamehole Con @themonstersknow.com · 9d

TODAY'S THE DAY! Making Enemies: Monster Design Inspiration for Tabletop Roleplaying Games, with cover illustration by @kroovv.bsky.social and interior illos by @jencmars.bsky.social, is now on shelves!

Get it at your friendly local game store or through one of these links: spyandowl.com/making...

A hardbound copy of Making Enemies on a wooden dining table. On the cover, a huge, pearlescent arthropod bursts out of a subterranean crevice and drives one of its large barbed claws through a dwarf fighter's abdomen, while another dwarf cowers in fear. The book is surrounded by blue and red polyhedral dice.

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 9d

#writing dangerousminds.net/comments/mer...

Merrill Markoe: Unsung heroine of ‘Late Night with David Letterman’

With the imminent retirement of the great David Letterman nigh upon us Dangerous Minds pal Mike Sacks, author of And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers and Poking a Dead Frog: ...

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 9d

“The fun part, if any of it can be considered fun, is when you start to improve the piece through the editing and re-writing. That is definitely where the art is; knowing what to save, what to throw out, what to embellish.”

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 9d

Merrill Markoe, co-creator/head-writer/producer of the Letterman shows – “You have to allow your first draft to be really bad. Just throw a lot of things out there and get it on paper. The hardest part of the process is just getting a first full draft.”

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 10d

We've got young folks asking us to play D&D for the first, and not sure what edition to use. In one hour we'll hash out the best way to pitch classic D&D to first-time players in 2025. Join us in the live chat! #dnd #players www.youtube.com/live/CqI4jiH...

Pitching Classic D&D in 2025 | Old School for the New Generation | Wandering DMs S07 E33

Immediate Feedback Boosts Play Testing? Luke Gygax Explains #shorts

Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 14d

I was at a bowling alley, very old guy watching the news, there was a segment covering a celebration for dance icon Chita Rivera, and he was just muttering a nonstop stream of curses at the TV. I thought, WTH?

Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 15d

Tussling the hair

Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 16d

From our chat with @lukegygax.bsky.social on some surprising things his father did when playtesting a new D&D adventure: #dnd #playtest #gygax youtube.com/shorts/hCMCQ...

In 2025 Railway 200 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Nationwide celebrations are planned.

Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 16d

Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the train this week! #trains railway200.co.uk

Railway 200

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 17d

In two hours, we'll get to chat with NY Times bestselling author @rasalvatore.bsky.social about playing D&D, the legend of Drizzt, and the new book about his daughter, THE FINEST EDGE OF TWILIGHT. Join us with questions in the live chat! #dnd #books #drizzt www.youtube.com/live/uyBVG-M...

R.A. Salvatore | The Finest Edge of Twilight | Wandering DMs S07 E32

R.A Salvatore's new book: sneak peek!

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 19d

Somehow we burgled a copy of R.A. Salvatore's upcoming book, THE FINEST EDGE OF TWILIGHT. Here's a sneak peek, live interview Sunday at Wandering DMs! #dnd #books #rasalvatore youtube.com/shorts/0tpc4...

R.A. Salvatore | The Finest Edge of Twilight | Wandering DMs S07 E32

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 19d

Legend, superhero comic writer @gregpak.net has done a marvelous job of documenting this demonstration against ICE in NY yesterday. Followed, read his whole feed since yesterday.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 20d

"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!"

Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 20d

Heads-up: We have NY Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore on the D&D talk show this Sunday, to talk about his new book following the family epic of Drizzt Do'Urden, THE FINEST EDGE OF TWILIGHT. Ask your questions in the live chat! #dnd #books #drizzt www.youtube.com/live/uyBVG-M...

R.A. Salvatore | The Finest Edge of Twilight | Wandering DMs S07 E32

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 20d

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 20d

Reminder there's a protest planned against ICE today in NYC, outside Federal Plaza in Foley Square @ 6 PM.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 20d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 29d

BIG NEW YORKERS AGAINST ICE rally at 6 pm, Thursday, 9/25 at Foley Square in NYC, friends! Please do come through!

If you've never been to a rally, why not start here? It's 2025 and it's time. We all gotta stand up for all of us.

Graphic reading "New Yorkers Against ICE / 6 pm * 9/25 * Foley Square" "Bring pots and pans." Image shows a pen and ink drawing of a group of protestors holding signs that read NEW YORK FOR ALL! NO TROOPS IN OUR CITIES! and ICE OUT OF NY.

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Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 21d

Sunday we'll chat with bestselling author R.A. Salvatore about his newest D&D novel, The Finest Edge of Twilight! You better not call her "Drizzt's daughter", she's determined to prove she's her own woman, and maybe a Master of Dragons? #dnd #books #drizzt youtube.com/live/uyBVG-M...